Deviating from the regular "Patch Tuesday" schedule that Adobe been following, Adobe released security updates for Adobe Flash Player 14.0.0.125 and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh and Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.378 and earlier versions for Linux were released today. (Hmm, today is Tuesday. Sorry for my confusion.)

The newest versions are as follows:

Windows and Macintosh: 14.0.0.145
Linux: 11.2.202.394

Users of the Adobe AIR 14.0.0.110 SDK and earlier versions should update to the Adobe AIR 14.0.0.137 SDK from the AIR Download Center.

Update: Catching up on my reading, I learned from Graham Cluley's article that the early update is due to what is referred to as "Rosetta Flash – a tool which he says can convert any .SWF Adobe Flash file into one composed entirely of alphanumeric characters."

Based on the information from Graham, it would be wise to update sooner rather than later!

Update: Catching up on my reading, I learned from Graham Cluley's article that the early update is due to what is referred to as "Rosetta Flash – a tool which he says can convert any .SWF Adobe Flash file into one composed entirely of alphanumeric characters."

Based on the information from Graham, it would be wise to update sooner rather than later!

Users of the Adobe AIR 14.0.0.110 SDK and earlier versions should update to the Adobe AIR 14.0.0.137 SDK from the AIR Download Center.

According to the properties of the Adobe AIR installer I just downloaded, it is still 14.0.0.110, not 14.0.0.137. I don't want to wast time installing the version I already have. Anyone know why latest version isn't at AIR download center?

You're right. I was taking the information from the release notes about the Adobe AIR update. The SDK is for developers so you're up to date with the .110 version. (It was one of those days. I was absolutely positive that it was Monday and couldn't figure out why Adobe was updating Flash Player a day early. I finally figured out that I was a day off. )

You're right. I was taking the information from the release notes about the Adobe AIR update. The SDK is for developers so you're up to date with the .110 version. (It was one of those days. I was absolutely positive that it was Monday and couldn't figure out why Adobe was updating Flash Player a day early. I finally figured out that I was a day off. )

Thanks Corrine! I have the AIR Settings Mgr installed on Win7 system, but I don't really trust it to update automatically since I don't even know what uses AIR, which came preinstalled on that Lenovo laptop.

Maybe you don't need it. I had one program that used AIR and when I uninstalled that, so went AIR. You could remove it and if it is needed by a software, you'll be prompted to install it.

I thought about that, but this is mother's laptop, and I'm pretty sure it's the Lenovo ThinkVantage Tools software that uses AIR, so I think I'll leave everything in place. I did install the Settings Manager tool that's supposed to update AIR automatically, but I think that needs me to log in with an admin account before it will work. Her account is standard user.

Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Reader and Acrobat XI (11.0.07) and earlier versions for Windows. These updates address a vulnerability that could allow an attacker to circumvent sandbox protection on the Windows platform. Adobe Reader and Acrobat for Apple's OS X are not affected.

Adobe has warned computer users to update their installations of Adobe Reader and Acrobat as a matter of urgency, after it was discovered that malicious hackers were exploiting a critical zero-day vulnerability in targeted attacks.

According to the software company, it is “aware of evidence that indicates an exploit in the wild is being used in limited, isolated attacks targeting Adobe Reader users on Windows.”

Today's release resolves an issue in which some end users, when attempting to watch video from certain websites, experienced a failure to play the video, or an error message. This release contains a fix that should significantly reduce the prevalence of video playback failure on sites where this problem previously occurred.

Thanks Corrine! I've had some sporadic problems with videos playing, and on a couple of sites, with slide shows playing, with IE10 running on WIN7 Pro 64bit. Here's a direct link to the download page on Adobe's website where you can download the .exe or .msi file to your PC then install it later: http://www.adobe.com...tribution3.html These direct download programs do not have the Google toolbar or other softwares being offered when you install Flash.

Mac"Long ago, when men cursed and beat the ground with sticks, it was called witchcraft. Today it's called golf." -- Will Rogers (1879-1935)

Adobe has released out of band security updates for Adobe Flash Player. The updates address a critical bug and includes security fixes, particularly improving the security mitigation that was introduced in the October 14th release of APSB14-22.

The direct download links for Adobe Flash Player for Windows 7 and below:

Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Flash Player 16.0.0.235. and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh and Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.425 and earlier versions for Linux. In addition, Version 16 of Adobe AIR has been released.

These updates address vulnerabilities that could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. Details of the vulnerabilities are included in the below-referenced Security Bulletin.